Culinary vessel.



C. S. MILLER.

CULINARY VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22 1913.

1 1%,21, Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

MILLER, 0F MASS ILLON, Oi-IEO CULINARY VESSEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb 2, into.

Application filed August 253, 1918. Serial No, 788,195.

' ful lnn'n'ovenients in Culinary Vessels,

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in culinary vessels of the class wherein provision is made for disposing of the steam and vapors rising therefrom and preventing; the same from passing into the room in which the vessel is located, and has for one of its objects to simplify and improve the construction and increase the elliciency an utility of devices of this character.

r-inother object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed device of this character which will be prevented fr in leaking in event of the fracture of the fumes conducting attachment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein provision is made for preventing condensed matter from passing into the vapor escape flue.

.Vith these and other objects in View the invention consists in certain novel features of construction hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in" the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 a sectional. elevation. of the improved device arranged upon a portion of a cooking range or stove. l ig'. is a plan view par ly in section of the vessel. portion ol the improved device. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail illustrating a modification in the construction. Fig. iis a plan view partly in section of the vessel portion of the structure shown in Fig. 3. l 1g. a detail. view of a portion of griddle en'iploycd in connection with the improved vessel. Fig. 6 1s an enlarged detached perspective view of one of the. bail cars.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and'indicatcd in'all the views of he drawings by the same reference characters.

The iinprovediderice comprises a rec tricle or vessel 10 of a y suitable mater and of an) required and adap Within the griddle opening of a cool: stove, the griddle opening is. ed conventionally at 11 and porting ledge or flange 12*01'1 which the ves 10 rests, as shown in Fig. l.

The vessel 10 is formed With a depression indicated at 13 at one side which is defined by an inwardly curving wall ll, the latter .wall and the remainder of the vessel being preferably constructed of one single piece. When theflvessel is constructed of cast iron or the like the inwardly curving Wall 14. will be cast, in one piece with the remainder of the vessel as representedin Figs. 1 and 2.

The upper rim or edge of the vessel is preferably formed with an outwardly dire ted or overhanging flange 15 of the usual tor-in. Bearing over the depression 13 is a segmental member 10 corresponding in curvature with the side portion of the vessel 10 and forming a closure to the recess. By this arrangement the circumference of the vertical \alls of the vessel is completed and continuous so that the vessel together with. the member 16 completely fills the griddle opening 11 of the stove and disposes the lower. open end of the depression 13 above the griddle opening 11. The recess 13 thus forms a substantially vertical flue which opens at its upper end above the upper ed 'e of the vessel and at its lower end below the lower face 01 the same.

A cover of novel construction. forms a part of the present invention and is reprek sented as whole at 17 and is formed to rise gradually from the side of the vessel opposite to the fine 13 as represented at 18 leaving a free passage for the fumes from the vessel into the flue, while at the same time the inclined or oblique lowerfacc of the cover causes any matter which may he condensed in its passage from the vessel to the line to run back into the vessel, instead of being carried into the flue. The cover 1? being located at a considerable distance above the tire within the stove or range is heated to a less extent than the lower part 01" the vessel, consequently the vapors ris ing from the contents of the vessel will he condensed upon the underface oi cover and caused to flow back into the vessel upon the inclined lower face of the cover: is an important advantage in applicants dovice and materially increases its eiiiciency and utility.

The cover 17 i which depends fr which is locatzd over the ma r vessel and does not extend the tine 13,

while the portion of the flange which extends around the outer wall of the flue 13 is spaced slightly away from said outer wall. By this arrangement a limited quantity of air is drawn in between the flange 20 and the upper edge of the member 16 and materially assists in the downward flow of the fumes, gases and steam rising from the vessel, and thus accelerates the circulation and the progress of the fumes into the fire chamber of the stove. This is also an im-v portant feature of applicants device and materially increases its efliciency and utility.

The member 16 may be formed integral with the vessel 10 and its vertical defining wall 14; as represented in Figs. 3 and 4, but

this would not-constitute a departure from the principle of the invention or sacrifice any of its advantages.

The bail represented conventionally at 21 is connected to the body 10 slightly at one side of the center by ears 22 to balance the extra weight of the partition 14 and the surplus portion of: the cover 17. One of the ears is represented in perspective in Fig. 6, and each ear is provided with a' stop lug 23 to receive the bail and limit its movement in one direction so that the vessel will not tilt toward the side opposite to the partition 14:, and also to prevent the bail from being turned down over the higher side of the cover. I

A griddle of improved construction likewise forms a part of the present invention and is represented conventionally at 241 and is provided with a cutout portion on one side to correspond to the flue 13, so thatv substituted for the ordinary griddle of the stove and is so located that the flue 13 registers with the cut-out portion of the griddle, and to insure the retention of the griddle in the proper position relative to the flue, the griddle is provided with an upwardly directed curved stop rib 25 with which the outer face of the partition 14: engages as represented in Fig. 3.

Having thusdescribed the invention, what is claimed as new is: 1

1. A culinary vessel having a vapor flue at one side and a cover for said vessel with the portion which is located above the flue spaced above the same and sloping continuously downward toward the upper edge of the vessel at the side opposite to the flue, the lower edge of the portion of the cover which is located above the flue being inclined relative to the adjacent upper edge of the same to provide an intake vent to accelerate the downward currents through the flue. r

2. A culinary vessel having a vapor flue at one end, and a cover for said vessel hill '1 ing a lateral flange engaging above the rim of the "essel'and a depending rim engaging within the body of the vessel, said depending rim being. cut away where 1he flue is located and the portion of the flange which is located above the flue spaced away from the 1 same to provide a vent to the flue.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of-two witnesses.

CHARLES s. MILLER. [13.3.]

lVitnesses:

ARRINE SANDS, A. F. STAHL. 

